Trump lashes out at San Juan mayor after touting Puerto Rico response

President Trump receives a briefing on the response to Hurricane Maria. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump called San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz “totally incompetent” Wednesday morning, reigniting a feud between the two officials that started in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria last year.

We got A Pluses for our recent hurricane work in Texas and Florida (and did an unappreciated great job in Puerto Rico, even though an inaccessible island with very poor electricity and a totally incompetent Mayor of San Juan). We are ready for the big one that is coming!

Trump and Cruz previously clashed last fall after Maria devastated the island, with Cruz publicly criticizing the federal response as insufficient and Trump claiming that Cruz showed “poor leadership” and was being coached by the Democratic party.

The Mayor of San Juan, who was very complimentary only a few days ago, has now been told by the Democrats that you must be nasty to Trump.